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Re:Adding a feature because ChatGPT incorrectly thinks it ex... by CrazyStat on Monday July 07, 2025 @05:20PM (#44494780)
I can’t find it, but I remember reading an article a year or two ago with an analysis showing some of the most vocal critics of the passive voice used the passive voice more often than most of their contemporary writers.
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Re:Adding a feature because ChatGPT incorrectly thinks it ex... by kragen on Monday July 07, 2025 @05:22PM (#44494789)
Probably http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003366.h..., giving specific statistics on Orwell and on Strunk & White, linked from https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2922.
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Re:Adding a feature because ChatGPT incorrectly thinks it ex... by CrazyStat on Monday July 07, 2025 @05:32PM (#44494880)
Thank you!
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Re:Adding a feature because ChatGPT incorrectly thinks it ex... by kragen on Monday July 07, 2025 @05:50PM (#44495028)
Happy to help!
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Re:Adding a feature because ChatGPT incorrectly thinks it ex... by mikanystrom on Tuesday July 08, 2025 @03:47AM (#44497967)
I'm extremely critical of how people use hyphens. Partly because I'm a heavy hyphen-user myself!
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